Analysis of the profitability of the Asia Pacific refining and petrochemical industry for the first quarter of 2016.

This report provides an analysis of key developments in the methanol industry, including capacity updates, profitability and pricing developments over the past quarter.  This report now includes a Key Challenges and Trend section.  The Q4 report discusses the emerging methanol to aromatics technology and the impact of the successful commercialization of methanol to aromatics technology.

This report provides a deep technical review of commercial and developing technologies for reformate, benzene and toluene production.  New developments, process descriptions and economics are included.  Cost of production estimates for several conventional and non-conventional reformate and benzene production processes are developed to illustrate the cost competitiveness in selected regions: USGC, Western Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, South Korea, and China.  A summary of the current business environment and strategic considerations is also provided along with market projections for supply, demand, and trade. 

Analysis of the profitability of the Middle East refining and petrochemical industry for the fourth quarter of 2015.